It is a truly funny irony that MAGA types are gushing over Elon...yet his whole business model is established firmly in catering to "affluent coastal elites". Can most MAGA types afford his little smartphone on wheels? No....but people like RHOBH B-I-C Lisa Rinna can (I know it, because she has been filmed in her obnoxious Model S). Is his Model X SUV pretty much a scam that CANNOT tow ANYTHING because it will dramatically lose power? Yup...and only a moron would take a battery operated vehicle out into the woods and risk a battery puncture, let alone pull a camper trailer with it. Is Tesla really just the Enron of automobiles? Yup...because Elon is making more money from carbon credits than from cars...still. Elon also does not make it widely known amongst MAGA that he is a card carrying member of the Rentier State--SpaceX has more than a few government contracts....so Moonface is sucking from the government trough. This is all stuff that MAGA cannot be bothered to look up
Personally, I am not a fan of battery electrics. I'm partial to hydrogen fuel cells. Battery electrics will ultimately stress a grid that needs to be massively upgraded...and that requires money, and utility customers don't want to pay for that. In my mind, FCVs are a better long term bet--energy companies can go in with utilities like Duke Energy to potentially co-locate hydrogen plants with nuclear power stations so that some of the output can be used on hydrogen production...it may be easier to put a hydrogen fuel station right outside the Uwharrie National Forest than run power lines into the place. Don't even get me started on aviation...
It is a truly funny irony that MAGA types are gushing over Elon...yet his whole business model is established firmly in catering to "affluent coastal elites". Can most MAGA types afford his little smartphone on wheels? No....but people like RHOBH B-I-C Lisa Rinna can (I know it, because she has been filmed in her obnoxious Model S). Is his Model X SUV pretty much a scam that CANNOT tow ANYTHING because it will dramatically lose power? Yup...and only a moron would take a battery operated vehicle out into the woods and risk a battery puncture, let alone pull a camper trailer with it. Is Tesla really just the Enron of automobiles? Yup...because Elon is making more money from carbon credits than from cars...still. Elon also does not make it widely known amongst MAGA that he is a card carrying member of the Rentier State--SpaceX has more than a few government contracts....so Moonface is sucking from the government trough. This is all stuff that MAGA cannot be bothered to look up
Personally, I am not a fan of battery electrics. I'm partial to hydrogen fuel cells. Battery electrics will ultimately stress a grid that needs to be massively upgraded...and that requires money, and utility customers don't want to pay for that. In my mind, FCVs are a better long term bet--energy companies can go in with utilities like Duke Energy to potentially co-locate hydrogen plants with nuclear power stations so that some of the output can be used on hydrogen production...it may be easier to put a hydrogen fuel station right outside the Uwharrie National Forest than run power lines into the place. Don't even get me started on aviation...
Just a thought.